Institutional Effectiveness

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness supports the university mission of helping students learn by coordinating annual operational planning and long term strategic planning for all academic units and programs, by supporting the university's accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, by coordinating all academic specialized accreditations, and by promoting and managing university-wide continuous improvement efforts. Both the Office of Institutional Research, which manages institutional data and reporting, and the Office of Institutional Assessment, which manages academic and institutional assessments, are housed within Institutional Effectiveness.

What's Ahead

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) 2015 Annual Conference will be held March 28- 31, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency, Chicago. Session proposals are now being accepted through September 19, 2014.

HLC invites session proposals for its 2015 Annual Conference that address creative and valuable approaches to higher education through mission, integrity, teaching and learning, and institutional effectiveness. The Commission is seeking proposals that:

Reflect innovation

Stimulate and provoke discussion and audience engagement

Deliver best practices

Target new, mid-career, and seasoned professionals

Proposals are invited for the General Program (Sunday, March 29 - Tuesday, March 31) and the Pathways Workshop (Saturday, March 28), which includes electives on Standard, AQIP and Open Pathways.